Window-bracket fastener



Jan. 13, 1925- 1522584 o. D. Games wx'nvow BRACKET FASTENER Filed April 25, 1921 [n Vm or 0.1).Grimes Patented Jan. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR D. GRIMES, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR- TO HARLEY STROHL.

WINDOW-BRACKET FASTENER.

Application filed April 25, 1921.

T0 all te hon 1, t may concern Be it known that I, OSCAR l). GRIMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at 635 Lind Street, Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful lVindow-Bracket Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined window shade and curtain or drapery supports, and has for its object the formation of such a support, either to be built in with the window frame or casing or to be attached to the casing already in place, the support being formed to permit lateral adjustment of the shade-brackets to accommodate different widths of shades and vertical adjustment of the curtain or drapery brackets to accommodate the length of the curtain.

'lo the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the features hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be clearly defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a. part hereof and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a window frame, with parts broken away, showing the invention applied to a window frame already installed;

Figure 2 is a perspective of a portion of the front of a window frame showing` one of the supports applied before the window frame is installed;

Figure 2a is a view looking at the rear of Figure 2;

Figure 3 is a perspective of one of the supports, looking at the front thereof.

ln the drawing the letter A designates the body or base of the support made of sheet metal and formed at its lower portion with horizontally1 extending spaced-apart guides E designed to receive between them shade sustaining brackets F, and formed at one end, above the guides E with vertically eX- tending spaced apart guides C designed to receive the cur-tain or drapery sustaining brackets D. The guides E and C are formed by struck-up portions of the base A and each guide is bent and inclined in the direction of its companion guide so as to forni a groove'd way in which the brackets may be adjusted lengthwise of the guide-way to conform to the width of the shade or length of the curtain or drapery, as the case may be. In the several .ignres of the drawing Serial No. 464,396.

the lower-most of the horizontally disposed guides are shown as struck-up from the lower edge of the base and the uppermost guide formed by cutting the metal and deieeting the guide so that the opening formed in the base by the struck-up portion will be concealed by the overhanging guide instead of being exposed to view as would be the case if the guide were folded to form the groove to receive the bracket. In Figure 3 of the drawing the outermost guide C is struck-up from the edge of the base A in the same manner as the lowermost horizontally disposed guide is formed, and the innermost vertical guide is formed by cutting or slitting the metal and deliecting the guide to form the groove and conceal the opening as described for the horizontally disposed guides ln Figures l and 2 both the outer and inner vertically disposed spaced apart guides are shown as formed by slitting the metal and detlecting the guides to overhang and conceal the openings instead of exposing them to view. ln all instances however the deflected guides ineline towards each other so as to form the groove-way for sliding and adjustment of the bracket fitting in the way and held therein by the inwardly inclined guides.

In Figure l the body or base A is shown as formed with an inwardly bent end flange B which will bear against the side or edge of the window casing, and in this form the support may be applied after the window casing is installed. In Figures 2 and 2 the body or base is formed with an inwardly bent end flange B as in Figure l but the end flange is extended so that a portion thereof will lie against the rear of the windovwcae ing, and this form may be preferred when the support is applied before the windowcasing is installed. In Figure 3 the end flange B is omitted which may be done with out departing from the other features of the invention.

In all the forms, the body or base has integrally formed attaching or fastening spurs C which are struck-up from the metal constituting the body or base, and these spurs are located as to position and number as may be desired.

The combined shade and curtain support formed as described is comparatively 'ieX- pensive and'easilyapplied either before or after installation of the window-easings, and admits of the quick and eas); miljnsoV v with ment of either or both the shade and curtain sustaining brackets which will be held to their adjustment by'frictional engage` 'ment with the inwardly deflected guides constituting the guide-ways in which they are adjusted.

lVhile the body A is shown as formed in one piece it is obvious that it may be divided longitudinally along a line extending between the portion having the guides E and the portion having the guides C, without afecting the invention as it would involve merely making the body portion in two pieces instead or' in one piece, the functioning of the parts being the same.

Having described iny invention and set forth its merits what I claim is:

l. The combined shade and curtain support consisting of a sheet metal base formed horizontal parallel spaced apart struckup guides inclined one towards the other to constitute guide-ways for a shade sustaining bracket, and formed above the horizontally disposed guides, at the end oil the base, with vertically disposed struck-up spaced apart inwardly inclined guides to constitute la guide-way for vertically adjustable curtain sustaining brackets, said guide-ways being` opened at their upper ends for insertion and removal of the brackets.

2. The combined shade and curtain support consisting of a sheet metal base formed at its lower portion with struck-up horizontally disposed spaced-apart inwardly inclined guides to constitute a guide-way for an adjustable shade supportingbracket and formed at the end, above the horizont-ally disposed spaced apart struck-up .inwardly inclined guides to constitute an open-ended guide-way Jfor adjustable curtain sustaining brackets, such of the guides as are formed in the metal base away from the edge of the base being deflected to overhangV the opening formed by the struck-up guides.

8. The combined shade and curtaink support consisting of a. sheet inet-al hase formed at its lower portion with horizontally disposed spaced apart inwardly inclined guides to constitute guide-ways Jfor'V adjustable shade supporting brackets, and formed at the end, above the horizontally disposed guides, with vertically disposed spacedapartv struck-up inclined guides to constitute an open-ended guide-way for adjustable curtain sustaining brackets, the metal base being formed with an end ange adapted to lie against the edge and back of'a windowcasing to which the support is attached.

In testimony whereof I aHX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR D. GRIMES. Witnesses: Y

HARLEY STROHL, A. J. GRIMES. 

